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Income (loss) Before Income Taxes for Domestic and Foreign Entities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Components of Income Before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Line Items]
Income (loss) before income taxes, domestic	$ (12,761)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ (8,080)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	$ (11,039)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Income (loss) before income taxes, foreign	73,329us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	45,228us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	65,373us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX	$ 60,568us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 37,148us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	$ 54,334us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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